אֵ֫בֶה noun [masculine] reed, papyrus (etymology uncertain; = Arabic , Assyrian abu Dl^W, AGI) אֳנִיּוֺת אֵבֶ֑ה Job 9:26 (craft made of reeds, light & swift, Heliod.^{Aethiop. X, 460}) = כְּלֵיגֹֿמֶא Isaiah 18:2.

II. אבה (perhaps at least formally justified as stem of אָב (construct אֲבִי), so Thes (compare below), but existence & meaning wholly dubious; as real √ Ba^{ZMG 1887, 609 ff.} Ol^{§ 123 c}; accusative to Dl^{W p. 22} אבה Assyrian abû = decide, אָב = he who decides; Thes (so Rob Ges Nö^{ZMG xl, 737 &} compare Sta^{§ 186} and others) makes אָב noun primarily biliteral, imitating infant's speech compare πάππας, pappa, papa (compare Ew^{§ 106 a}); also Assyrian bab Jen^{ZA 1886, 404}).



swift

From 'abah (in the sense of bending toward); the papyrus -- swift.

see HEBREW 'abah

’ā·ḇū — 9 Occ.
hă·yō·ḇeh — 1 Occ.
’ō·ḇîm — 1 Occ.
tō·ḇê — 1 Occ.
ṯō·ḇeh — 4 Occ.
ṯō·ḇū — 2 Occ.
way·yit·tên — 1 Occ.
yō·ḇeh — 2 Occ.
yō·ḇū — 1 Occ.
’ā·ḇî — 1 Occ.
’ă·ḇō·w — 1 Occ.
’ă·ḇū·se·ḵā — 1 Occ.
’ê·ḇūs — 2 Occ.
’iḇ·ḥaṯ- — 1 Occ.
hā·’ă·ḇaṭ·ṭi·ḥîm — 1 Occ.
’ă·ḇî — 1 Occ.
’ă·ḇî·’êl — 3 Occ.
wa·’ă·ḇî·’ā·sāp̄ — 1 Occ.
’ā·ḇîḇ — 2 Occ.
hā·’ā·ḇîḇ — 6 Occ.